tracks available from The Café

Below are text links and videos from a December 18, 2011 (12/18/11) evening of poetry readings at the Café...

the introduction to the Café
and Kuypers reading poetry with music

See YouTube video
of the intro to the 12/18/11 poetry open mike at the Café in Chicago, & her reading multiple poems (music from the HA!man of South Africa, accompanying vocals from Suzanne Hettinger, and guitar from John)

Janet Kuypers’ final the Café
poetry performances

See YouTube video
of her reading many poems 12/18/11 at the Café in Chicago (music from the HA!man of South Africa, accompanying vocals from Suzanne Hettinger, and guitar from John).

See YouTube video
the majority (all but the last 2 poems) of her reading many poems 12/18/11 at the Café in Chicago (music from the HA!man of South Africa, accompanying opera vocals from Suzanne Hettinger, and guitar from John, filmed from the Kodak camera).

Janet Kuypers reads her poem

Rather read it? Then read “the State of the Nation”

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “the State of the Nation” live 12/18/11 at the Café weekly poetry open mike she hosts in Chicago (with music and video shown from the HA!man of South Africa).

Janet Kuypers reads her poem
and What I Want to Know

Rather read it? Then read “and What I Want to Know”

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “and What I Want to Know” live 12/18/11 at the Café weekly poetry open mike she hosts in Chicago (with music and video shown from the HA!man of South Africa).

Janet Kuypers reads her poem
Christmas Eve

Rather read it? Then read “Christmas Eve”

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of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Christmas Eve” live 12/18/11 at the Café weekly poetry open mike she hosts in Chicago (with opera vocals by Suzanne Hettinger).

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Christmas Eve” live 12/18/11 at the Café weekly poetry open mike she hosts in Chicago (with opera vocals by Suzanne Hettinger), from the Kodak Camera.

Janet Kuypers reads her poem
Coquinas

Rather read it? Then read “Coquinas”

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Coquinas” live 12/18/11 at the Café weekly poetry open mike she hosts in Chicago (with opera vocals by Suzanne Hettinger).

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Coquinas” live 12/18/11 at the Café weekly poetry open mike she hosts in Chicago (with opera vocals by Suzanne Hettinger), from the Kodak Camera.

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her poem live 12/18/11 at the Café weekly poetry open mike she hosts in Chicago (with opera vocals by Suzanne Hettinger), from the Samsung Camera.

Janet Kuypers reads her prose
Christmas at the Old House

Rather read it? Then read “Christmas at the Old House”

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of Janet Kuypers reading her prose “Christmas at the Old House” live 12/18/11 at the Café weekly poetry open mike she hosts in Chicago (with opera vocals by Suzanne Hettinger).

Janet Kuypers sings her poem
Made Any Difference

Rather read it? Then read “Made Any Difference”

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of Janet Kuypers singing her poem “Made Any Difference” live 12/18/11 at the Café weekly poetry open mike she hosts in Chicago (with guitar and back-up vocals by John Yotko).

Janet Kuypers reads her poem
Under the Sea

Rather read it? Then read “Under the Sea”

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Under the Sea” live 12/18/11 at the Café weekly poetry open mike she hosts in Chicago

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “Under the Sea” live (from memory) 12/18/11 at the last meeting at the Café weekly poetry open mike she hosts in Chicago, from the Kodak Camera.

Janet Kuypers reads her poem
I Dreamt About You Last Night

Rather read it? Then read “I Dreamt About You Last Night”

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “I Dreamt About You Last Night” live 12/18/11 at the Café weekly poetry open mike she hosts in Chicago (with music and video shown from the HA!man of South Africa).

Janet Kuypers reads her poem
the Martyr and the Saint

Rather read it? Then read “the Martyr and the Saint”

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading her poem “the Martyr and the Saint” live 12/18/11 at the Café weekly poetry open mike she hosts in Chicago (with music and video shown from the HA!man of South Africa).

Janet Kuypers reads the John Yotko poem
I Speak with Borrowed Words

See YouTube video
of Janet Kuypers reading the John Yotko poem “I Speak with Borrowed Words” live 12/18/11 at the Café weekly poetry open mike in Chicago.

There is also a 3 CD set of performances from J. Kuypers at the Cafe, collected into this release. This 3 CD set of live performances are included in Live at the Cafe includes not only recordings from 2003, 2004 and 2005, but it also contains recordings of two performance art shows — A Night of Firsts from 27/22/11, and Stripped from 12/18/05. Bonus tracks in this 3 CD set even include live recordings from Coffee Chicago, Molly Malone s, and even recordings from the Chicago Poetry Fest on both years, 2004 and 2005! You can order a copy of this all original music and poetry at many online locations.

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